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Analog and digital signals are used to transmit information, usually

through electric signals. In both these technologies, the information, such as
any audio or video, is transformed into electric signals. The difference
between analog and digital technologies is that in analog technology,
information is translated into electric pulses of varying amplitude. In digital
technology, translation of information is into binary format (zero or one)
where each bit is representative of two distinct amplitudes.

Comparison chart

Analog Digital

Analog signal is a continuous signal Digital signals are discrete time signals
Signal which represents physical generated by digital modulation.
measurements.
Waves Denoted by sine waves Denoted by square waves
Uses continuous range of values to Uses discrete or discontinuous values to
Representation
represent information represent information
Human voice in air, analog electronic Computers, CDs, DVDs, and other digital
Example
devices. electronic devices.
Analog technology records Samples analog waveforms into a limited set
Technology
waveforms as they are. of numbers and records them.
Subjected to deterioration by noise Can be noise-immune without deterioration
Data
transmissions
during transmission and write/read during transmission and write/read cycle.
cycle.
Response to More likely to get affected reducing Less affected since noise response are analog
Noise accuracy in nature
Analog hardware is not flexible. Digital hardware is flexible in
Flexibility
implementation.
Can be used in analog devices only. Best suited for Computing and digital
Uses Best suited for audio and video electronics.
transmission.
Applications Thermometer PCs, PDAs
 Analog Digital

Analog signal processing can be done There is no guarantee that digital signal
in real time and consumes less processing can be done in real time and
Bandwidth
bandwidth. consumes more bandwidth to carry out the
same information.
Memory Stored in the form of wave signal Stored in the form of binary bit
Analog instrument draws large power Digital instrument drawS only negligible
Power
power
Cost Low cost and portable Cost is high and not easily portable
Impedance Low High order of 100 megaohm
Analog instruments usually have a Digital instruments are free from
scale which is cramped at lower end observational errors like parallax and
Errors
and give considerable observational approximation errors.
errors.